Restraint system for a school bus seat

a school bus and seat belt technology, applied in the direction of safety belts, pedestrian/occupant safety arrangements, vehicular safety arrangements, etc., can solve the problems of special problems affecting the integration of active restraint seat belt systems

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-11-26
INDIANA MILLS MFG
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Vehicles with deforming or deflecting seats provide special problems regarding the integration of active restraint seat belt systems.

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For the purposes of promoting an understanding of the principles of the invention, reference will now be made to the embodiments illustrated in the drawings and specific language will be used to describe the same. It will nevertheless be understood that no limitation of the scope of the invention is thereby intended, such alterations and further modifications in the illustrated device, and such further applications of the principles of the invention as illustrated therein being contemplated as would normally occur to one skilled in the art to which the invention relates.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, FIGS. 1 through 3 show a three-point restraint system 120 incorporating a first and illustrative embodiment of the present invention. The restraint system 120 is designed to restrain two passengers sitting side by side. The restraint system 120 includes a tower member 121 movably coupled to a connecting member 122, and is adapted to be mounted to a conventional school ...

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A passenger restraining harness and support assembly for use with a bench seat mounted in a vehicle. The bench seat includes a frame having a seat support portion with a front portion and a rear portion, a seatback portion coupled to the seat support portion, and legs or supports anchoring the seat to the vehicle. A harness support assembly includes a tower member with a slotted bottom end pivotally coupled to the rear of the seat support, a connecting member having one end adapted to fit into the slot in the tower member and a second end connected to the front of the seat support portion, a belt guide connected to the top of the tower member, and an anchor wing connected to the connecting member. A belt or harness attaches to the support assembly.

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The present invention is in the field of seat belts used to provide a protective passenger environment.DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ARTConventional seat belt systems combining a lap belt and an upper torso belt are well known. These three-point restraint systems are usually used with seats offering rigid support for the belts. As typically used in a vehicle, the three-point restraint system consists of single belt having its opposite ends mounted to a pair of retractors with a seat belt tongue connected to the belt intermediate to the belt ends. The tongue may be swung across the person and engaged with a buckle affixed to the seat thereby positioning one portion of the belt across the lap and another portion of the belt across the upper torso. In some systems, only one end of the belt is mounted to a retractor while the other end is anchored to the seat or vehicle. Seat belts are active restraint devices, requiring a passenger to actively engage the restraints for them to be effective....

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B60N2/68B60N2/24
CPCB60N2/242B60N2/688
Inventor VITS, CHARLES G.FOYE, CHRISTOPHER W.
Owner INDIANA MILLS MFG
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